In the mist of shadows, you see a figure walking towards
you. He appears wearing a fine suit and a long black cape...
Sir Demitri Maximov-"Greetings...I am here today to talk about another
article that I disagree with. This article is about the fossil card 'Dragonite'.
Lets take a look at the card..."
Sir Demitri Maximov opens his palm and a
"Dragonite" card floats up and into your view...
Srage 2 Evolves from Dragonair
Dragonite 100 HP (colorless)
Pokemon Power: Step In Once during your turn (before you attack), if
Dragonite is on your Bench, you may swirch it with your Active Poke'mon.
(CCCC) 40x Slam Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number
of heads.
weakness:none
resistance:F-30
retreat cost:C
Sir Demitri Maximov-"Now that you've seen 'Dragonite', let's take a
look at 'Dragonair', which in my opinion is better, not by much, but is
better..."
Sir Demitri Maximov opens his other hand and a
"Dragonair" card floats up from his palm into your view...
Stage 1 Evolves from Dratini
Dragonair 80 HP (colorless)
(CCC) 30x Slam Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damge times the number
of heads.
(CCCC) 20 Hyper Beam If the Defending Pokemon has any Energy cards
attached to it, choose 1 of them and discard it.
weakness:none
resistance:P-30
retreat cost:CC
Sir Demitri Maximov:"Now,let's see how the two compare.'Dragonite'
has 100 HP,'Dragonair' has 80 HP. So 'Dragonite' has 20 more HP, ofcourse higher
evolution has higher HP (except for 'Kakuna' and 'Beedrill', who both have 80
HP). Now, on to attacks. 'Dragonite' has a Poke'mon Power, Step In, which is
like a switch, and really isn't that usefull. 'Dragonite' has an attack that
does a POSSIBLE 80 damage, you have to flip two coins, 40x the number of heads.
Since that is 'Dragonite's' only attack, he is highly unreliable. On to 'Dragonair's'
attacks, Slam, flip 2 coins, 30 x the number of heads. This is basicly just like
'Dragonite's' attack, unreliable. But 'Dragonair' has an attack that is
reliable, Hyper Beam. Hyper beam does 20 damage and discards one of your
opponent's energy cards, it is the basis of 'Black Out' (although Golduck is
better for various reasons). So far 'Dragonair' is doing better then
'Dragonite'. Now, the retreat cost goes to 'Dragonite', he only has one C
retreat cost and he has the Poke'mon Power, Step In. And lastly, the resistance
isn't much of a difference. 'Dragonite' is resistent to F and 'Dragonair' is
resistent to P. 'Dragonite' might be able to stop some 'Haymakers' because of
it's F resistance, but 'Scyther' is a much better choice."
Both the "Dragonite" and "Dragonair"
cards disappear.
Sir Demitri Maximov-"Now, I think I've proven my point. 'Dragonair'
has more reliable attacks and you can get it out on the bench faster because it
is a Stage 1 Poke'mon (unless you have a Poke'mon Breeder for 'Dragonite'). Now,
I leave you with this...Fare well..."
Send any mail to sir_demitri_maximov@yahoo.com
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